Township of Independence, NJ Land Development

Township of Independence, NJ

Warren County

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Part I, Administrative Legislation
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 7 Claims, Approval of
Ch 14 Court, Municipal
Ch 18 Defense and Indemnification
Ch 25 Environmental Commission
Ch 30 Fire Department
Ch 46 Municipal Utilities Authority
Ch 51 Officers and Employees
Ch 59 Personnel Policies
Ch 63 Police Department
Ch 72 Records, Public Access to
Ch 76 Recreation Committee
Ch 80 Residency Requirements
Ch 85 Road Names
Ch 89 Salaries and Compensation
Part II, General Legislation
Ch 117 Alarm Systems
Ch 121 Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 126 Animals
Ch 130 Architectural Review
Ch 142 Brush, Grass, Weeds and Debris
Ch 149 Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 155 Buildings, Numbering of
Ch 160 Buildings, Unfit
Ch 175 Construction Codes, Uniform
Ch 186 Driveways
Ch 191 Drug-Free Areas
Ch 203 Farming
Ch 206 Fees
Ch 215 Fire Prevention
Ch 222 Flood Damage Prevention
Ch 228 Games of Chance on Sunday
Ch 250 Junkyards
Ch 255 Land Development
Ch 255 Art I General Provisions
§ 255-1 Title.
§ 255-2 Purpose.
§ 255-3 Definitions.
§ 255-3.1 Prohibited activities.
§ 255-4 Rules and regulations of administrative bodies.
§ 255-5 Meetings; quorums.
§ 255-6 Meetings to be public; executive session; minutes.
§ 255-7 Hearings.
§ 255-8 Contents of notice of hearing on application for development or adoption of Master Plan.
§ 255-9 Notice of hearing on applications.
§ 255-10 Notice of hearing on adoption or revision of Master Plan.
§ 255-11 Effect of mailing of notice.
§ 255-12 Notice of hearings for development regulation change involving property adjoining other municipality or capital improvement program.
§ 255-13 Filing of development regulations.
§ 255-14 Appeals.
§ 255-15 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
§ 255-16 Conditional approval.
§ 255-17 Fees and deposits.
§ 255-18 Waiver of fees and deposits.
§ 255-19 Proof that no taxes or assessments are due.
§ 255-20 Zoning Enforcement Officer and Assistant Zoning Enforcement Officer.
§ 255-21 Guaranties.
§ 255-22 Permits.
§ 255-23 Inspections.
§ 255-24 Checklists.
Ch 255 Art II Land Use Board
§ 255-25 Change in title.
§ 255-26 Membership.
§ 255-27 Terms of office; vacancy; restricted actions; removal; hearings extending more than one meeting.
§ 255-28 Organization.
§ 255-29 Powers generally.
§ 255-30 (Reserved)
§ 255-31 Referral powers.
Ch 255 Art III Master Plan
§ 255-32 Preparation; contents; division into subplans and subelements.
§ 255-33 Periodic examination.
Ch 255 Art IV Capital Improvements Program and Project Review
§ 255-34 Preparation of capital improvements program.
§ 255-35 Adoption of capital improvements program.
§ 255-36 Review of projects.
Ch 255 Art V Affordable Housing Development Fees
§ 255-37 Purpose; establishment and collection of fees.
§ 255-38 Housing Trust Fund.
§ 255-39 Use of funds.
§ 255-40 Expiration of provisions.
§ 255-41 Definitions.
Ch 255 Art VI Environmental Impact Statements
§ 255-42 Intent.
§ 255-43 Definitions.
§ 255-44 Requirements; waiver of requirements.
§ 255-45 Preparation.
§ 255-46 Required data.
Ch 255 Art VII Subdivision
§ 255-47 Title; purpose; approving agency.
§ 255-48 Grant of power; county approval.
§ 255-49 Submission procedure; plat details.
Ch 255 Art VIII Site Plan Review and Conditional Uses
§ 255-50 Title.
§ 255-51 Purpose.
§ 255-52 Approving agency.
§ 255-53 General provisions.
§ 255-54 Approval procedure.
Ch 255 Art IX General Regulations
§ 255-55 Reservation of public areas.
§ 255-56 Off-tract improvements.
§ 255-57 Findings regarding planned improvements.
§ 255-58 Open space organization.
§ 255-59 Exceptions in applications for subdivision or site plan; simultaneous review.
§ 255-60 Improvements and guaranties.
§ 255-61 Inspection of improvements.
§ 255-62 Permits.
§ 255-63 Filing of subdivision plats.
§ 255-64 Sale of land before approval.
§ 255-65 Certificate of approval; fees.
§ 255-66 Informal review.
§ 255-67 Morris Canal Historic Preservation District.
Ch 255 Art X Design Standards
§ 255-68 Street improvements for subdivisions.
§ 255-69 Site plan review.
§ 255-70 Garden apartment development.
§ 255-71 Senior citizen — handicapped persons housing.
§ 255-72 Design standards for ridgeline protection areas.
Ch 255 Art XI (Reserved)
§ 255-73 (Reserved)
§ 255-74 (Reserved)
§ 255-75 (Reserved)
§ 255-76 (Reserved)
§ 255-77 (Reserved)
§ 255-78 (Reserved)
§ 255-79 (Reserved)
§ 255-80 (Reserved)
Ch 255 Art XII Zoning
§ 255-81 Enumeration of zones.
§ 255-82 Zoning Map; boundaries.
§ 255-83 Conformance required.
§ 255-84 Schedule of Limitations.
§ 255-85 Nonconforming uses, structures and lots.
§ 255-86 Preservation of natural features.
§ 255-87 Critical areas.
§ 255-88 Buffer strips, screening and landscaping.
§ 255-89 Lot uses, restrictions and modifications.
§ 255-90 Height restrictions and exceptions.
§ 255-91 Miscellaneous regulations applicable to all zones.
§ 255-92 Off-street parking.
§ 255-93 Off-street loading.
§ 255-94 Sign permits required.
§ 255-95 General sign regulations.
§ 255-96 Signs permitted in all zones.
§ 255-97 Restrictions in specific districts.
§ 255-98 Regulations in Agricultural-Residential Zone.
§ 255-99 Regulations in R-2 Residential Zone.
§ 255-100 Regulations in R-3 Residential Zone.
§ 255-101 Regulations in R-4 Residential Zone.
§ 255-102 Regulations in R-1 and R-1/2 Residential Zones.
§ 255-103 Regulations in RM Residential Multiple-Dwelling Zone.
§ 255-104 Regulations in B Business Zone.
§ 255-105 Regulations in COM/PROF Commercial/Professional Zone.
§ 255-106 Regulations in I Industrial and IL Industrial Light Zones.
§ 255-107 Regulations in O/IL Office/Light Industrial Zone.
§ 255-108 Regulations in B/IL/WT Business/Light Industrial — Warehousing Terminal Zone.
§ 255-109 Regulations in OR Office Research Zone.
§ 255-110 Regulations in PRD — SC Planned Residential Development — Senior Citizen Zone.
§ 255-111 Regulations in PRD-4 Planned Residential Development (Four Units Per Acre) Zone.
§ 255-112 Regulations in PRD-IH Planned Residential Development — Inclusionary Housing Zone.
§ 255-113 Regulations in PSCRD Planned Senior Citizen Residential Development Zone.
§ 255-114 Cluster development.
§ 255-115 Planned residential development standards.
§ 255-116 Conditional uses.
§ 255-117 Performance standards.
§ 255-118 Administration and enforcement.
§ 255-119 Testing procedures and technical assistance.
§ 255-120 Split zone districts.
§ 255-121 Ridgeline protection.
Ch 255 Art XIII Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
§ 255-122 Purpose.
§ 255-123 Plan approval required.
§ 255-124 General design principles; maintenance.
§ 255-125 Exemptions.
§ 255-126 Inspection.
§ 255-127 When effective; repealer.
Ch 255 Art XIV Construal; Notices of Adoption
§ 255-128 Construal of provisions.
§ 255-129 Notice of adoption or amendment; more restrictive provisions to apply.
Ch 261 Licenses and Permits
Ch 266 Littering
Ch 273 Municipal Services, Reimbursement for
Ch 284 Parks and Recreation Areas
Ch 289 Peace and Good Order
Ch 293 Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 300 Property Maintenance
Ch 307 Recycling
Ch 315 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual Subsurface
Ch 320 Sewers
Ch 329 Snow and Ice Removal
Ch 333 Soil Removal
Ch 337 Stormwater Control
Ch 339 Stormwater Management
Ch 341 Stream Buffers
Ch 342 Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 354 Taxicabs
Ch 361 Trailers
Ch 365 Trees
Ch 375 Wood Furnaces, Outdoor
Ch 380 Vacant and Abandoned Structures
Part III, Board of Health Legislation
Ch 390 General Provisions, Board of Health
Ch 401 Heating of Residences
Ch 407 Nuisances, Public Health
Ch 415 Swine
Ch 420 Water Supply System Connections
Ch 426 Wells
Derivation Table
Ch DT Derivation Table
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

Chapter 255: Land Development

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Independence 1-29-1979 (Ch. 116 of the 1984 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Environmental Commission — See Ch. 25.

Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 175.

Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 222.

Soil removal — See Ch. 333.

Attachment 1 - Sched of Limitations Table

Attachment 2 - Zoning Map

Attachment 3 - Ridgelines Map

Attachment 4 - Figure 1 - Building Height

Chapter 255 : Land Development

Article I General Provisions

§ 255-1 Title.

§ 255-2 Purpose.

§ 255-3 Definitions.

§ 255-3.1 Prohibited activities.

§ 255-4 Rules and regulations of administrative bodies.

§ 255-5 Meetings; quorums.

§ 255-6 Meetings to be public; executive session; minutes.

§ 255-7 Hearings.

§ 255-8 Contents of notice of hearing on application for development or adoption of Master Plan.

§ 255-9 Notice of hearing on applications.

§ 255-10 Notice of hearing on adoption or revision of Master Plan.

§ 255-11 Effect of mailing of notice.

§ 255-12 Notice of hearings for development regulation change involving property adjoining other municipality or capital improvement program.

§ 255-13 Filing of development regulations.

§ 255-14 Appeals.

§ 255-15 Enforcement; violations and penalties.

§ 255-16 Conditional approval.

§ 255-17 Fees and deposits.

§ 255-18 Waiver of fees and deposits.

§ 255-19 Proof that no taxes or assessments are due.

§ 255-20 Zoning Enforcement Officer and Assistant Zoning Enforcement Officer.

§ 255-21 Guaranties.

§ 255-22 Permits.

§ 255-23 Inspections.

§ 255-24 Checklists.

Article II Land Use Board

§ 255-25 Change in title.

§ 255-26 Membership.

§ 255-27 Terms of office; vacancy; restricted actions; removal; hearings extending more than one meeting.

§ 255-28 Organization.

§ 255-29 Powers generally.

§ 255-30 (Reserved)

§ 255-31 Referral powers.

Article III Master Plan

§ 255-32 Preparation; contents; division into subplans and subelements.

§ 255-33 Periodic examination.

Article IV Capital Improvements Program and Project Review

§ 255-34 Preparation of capital improvements program.

§ 255-35 Adoption of capital improvements program.

§ 255-36 Review of projects.

Article V Affordable Housing Development Fees

§ 255-37 Purpose; establishment and collection of fees.

§ 255-38 Housing Trust Fund.

§ 255-39 Use of funds.

§ 255-40 Expiration of provisions.

§ 255-41 Definitions.

Article VI Environmental Impact Statements

§ 255-42 Intent.

§ 255-43 Definitions.

§ 255-44 Requirements; waiver of requirements.

§ 255-45 Preparation.

§ 255-46 Required data.

Article VII Subdivision

§ 255-47 Title; purpose; approving agency.

§ 255-48 Grant of power; county approval.

§ 255-49 Submission procedure; plat details.

Article VIII Site Plan Review and Conditional Uses

§ 255-50 Title.

§ 255-51 Purpose.

§ 255-52 Approving agency.

§ 255-53 General provisions.

§ 255-54 Approval procedure.

Article IX General Regulations

§ 255-55 Reservation of public areas.

§ 255-56 Off-tract improvements.

§ 255-57 Findings regarding planned improvements.

§ 255-58 Open space organization.

§ 255-59 Exceptions in applications for subdivision or site plan; simultaneous review.

§ 255-60 Improvements and guaranties.

§ 255-61 Inspection of improvements.

§ 255-62 Permits.

§ 255-63 Filing of subdivision plats.

§ 255-64 Sale of land before approval.

§ 255-65 Certificate of approval; fees.

§ 255-66 Informal review.

§ 255-67 Morris Canal Historic Preservation District.

Article X Design Standards

§ 255-68 Street improvements for subdivisions.

§ 255-69 Site plan review.

§ 255-70 Garden apartment development.

§ 255-71 Senior citizen — handicapped persons housing.

§ 255-72 Design standards for ridgeline protection areas.

Article XI (Reserved)

§ 255-73 (Reserved)

§ 255-74 (Reserved)

§ 255-75 (Reserved)

§ 255-76 (Reserved)

§ 255-77 (Reserved)

§ 255-78 (Reserved)

§ 255-79 (Reserved)

§ 255-80 (Reserved)

Article XII Zoning

§ 255-81 Enumeration of zones.

§ 255-82 Zoning Map; boundaries.

§ 255-83 Conformance required.

§ 255-84 Schedule of Limitations.

§ 255-85 Nonconforming uses, structures and lots.

§ 255-86 Preservation of natural features.

§ 255-87 Critical areas.

§ 255-88 Buffer strips, screening and landscaping.

§ 255-89 Lot uses, restrictions and modifications.

§ 255-90 Height restrictions and exceptions.

§ 255-91 Miscellaneous regulations applicable to all zones.

§ 255-92 Off-street parking.

§ 255-93 Off-street loading.

§ 255-94 Sign permits required.

§ 255-95 General sign regulations.

§ 255-96 Signs permitted in all zones.

§ 255-97 Restrictions in specific districts.

§ 255-98 Regulations in Agricultural-Residential Zone.

§ 255-99 Regulations in R-2 Residential Zone.

§ 255-100 Regulations in R-3 Residential Zone.

§ 255-101 Regulations in R-4 Residential Zone.

§ 255-102 Regulations in R-1 and R-1/2 Residential Zones.

§ 255-103 Regulations in RM Residential Multiple-Dwelling Zone.

§ 255-104 Regulations in B Business Zone.

§ 255-105 Regulations in COM/PROF Commercial/Professional Zone.

§ 255-106 Regulations in I Industrial and IL Industrial Light Zones.

§ 255-107 Regulations in O/IL Office/Light Industrial Zone.

§ 255-108 Regulations in B/IL/WT Business/Light Industrial — Warehousing Terminal Zone.

§ 255-109 Regulations in OR Office Research Zone.

§ 255-110 Regulations in PRD — SC Planned Residential Development — Senior Citizen Zone.

§ 255-111 Regulations in PRD-4 Planned Residential Development (Four Units Per Acre) Zone.

§ 255-112 Regulations in PRD-IH Planned Residential Development — Inclusionary Housing Zone.

§ 255-113 Regulations in PSCRD Planned Senior Citizen Residential Development Zone.

§ 255-114 Cluster development.

§ 255-115 Planned residential development standards.

§ 255-116 Conditional uses.

§ 255-117 Performance standards.

§ 255-118 Administration and enforcement.

§ 255-119 Testing procedures and technical assistance.

§ 255-120 Split zone districts.

§ 255-121 Ridgeline protection.

Article XIII Soil Erosion and Sediment Control

§ 255-122 Purpose.

§ 255-123 Plan approval required.

§ 255-124 General design principles; maintenance.

§ 255-125 Exemptions.

§ 255-126 Inspection.

§ 255-127 When effective; repealer.

Article XIV Construal; Notices of Adoption

§ 255-128 Construal of provisions.

§ 255-129 Notice of adoption or amendment; more restrictive provisions to apply.